LUT Hive Garden Journal 2026 #6
Published on HivePostify by @livinguktaiwan · Mon Jul 27 2026
It's been a little over 3 weeks since my last LUT Garden Journal, and there's been quite a lot of growth in my garden, but sadly not much harvest.
French beans The other morning I got a lovely surprise and saw a french bean develop. It wasn't there the previous night! It's the first time I've managed to grow a bean. This photo was taken a few days ago and since then it's grown and is touching the leave below. There are three beans in total on my plant, hardly enough for a meal, or even a snack, but it's a start ☺️
Long beans My long beans have grown up a lot. They've climbed to the top of my greenhouse and along the side creating a nice shade. They'll probably continue to grow still, but I don't want them to grow outside as there's no support, so I've nip the ends off. That's suppose to stop them growing and channel the energy back to the flowers. So far there's no beans yet.
Lettuce Like all other of my seedlings, most of my lettuce didn't make it. I only have 4 left. One is developing a beautiful head, just like the ones you buy in stores. The other has lots of leaves, I wonder if it will wrap into a head as well. The other two are still very young with just a few leaves. If all goes well, they should harvest in nice succession.
Tomato These seeds are from last year's crop and I read they may not produce the same plant because they're pollinated differently. Maybe that's why these look a little sad, and have a lot of branches and leaves. I've had to cut back quite a lot of leaves to concentrate the energy to the fruit. Yesterday I saw the first tomato turn red, it think I will be eating a lot of tomatoes is the next few weeks.
Courgette My courgette also looks under developed. Not sure what's happening. Last year I grew them vertically and they were fine, so I don't think that's the issue. I've watered them a lot, may they need more fertiliser. Most of them didn't pollinate, apart from this one that I harvested the other day.
Water spinach I'm going to give these fast growing plants a couple more weeks, then they should be ready to be harvested. I know in some places, they're treated as weed, but in many places in Asia, they're eaten as greens. It's interesting how food culture is different across the world, isn't it?
NuMex twilight chilli This is the only plant that I bought this year. I've always wanted a chili plant and when my germination failed, and decided to buy a young plant. This variety is called NuMex twilight and has grown a lot since I got it. The chillis start off as purple, then yellow like the few in the middle, then it goes to orange and red. I can't wait to see all the colours as they grow. Apparently it's a very colourful and pretty sight, and is edible!
Flowers It's nice to have some colour in the garden to balance out the green. These crocosmia are still blooming nicely.
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